Hollow Other Alby 5 is a very bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: kids branding, packaging, posters, headlines, stickers, playful, goofy, cartoon, candy, bubbly, add personality, playful impact, cartoon voice, shiny accents, rounded, blobby, soft, chunky, puffy.
A chunky, rounded display face built from inflated, blob-like strokes with soft terminals and gently irregular curves. The forms are heavy and compact, with simplified, hand-drawn geometry and uneven internal spacing that creates a lively rhythm. Distinctive internal cutouts and highlight-like knockouts appear across many glyphs, producing a glossy, hollowed accent effect within the black mass. Counters are generally small and rounded, and joins tend to be soft rather than crisp, giving the alphabet a cohesive, pillowy silhouette.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text where personality is more important than neutrality—such as kids-oriented branding, snack or confectionery packaging, playful posters, sticker designs, and bold social graphics. It works especially well at medium to large sizes where the internal cutouts read clearly and the rounded silhouettes can carry the layout.
The overall tone is lighthearted and comedic, reading like cartoon lettering with a candy-coated finish. The hollowed highlights add a bouncy, shiny feel that suggests fun, youthfulness, and friendly energy rather than seriousness or restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver a friendly, cartoon-like display voice with added visual sparkle through irregular hollowed highlights. It prioritizes expressive, rounded massing and a hand-crafted rhythm to stand out in cheerful branding and headline settings.
The knockout shapes vary from glyph to glyph, contributing to an intentionally informal texture that feels more illustrative than mechanical. Numerals and capitals share the same puffy construction, keeping a consistent display character across the set.